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Rome - Thursday actionR16 with a great start now... Kasatkina, Svitolina and Ostapenko have appeared on court.... I want Kasatkina to win (she could enter the top12 in this event, giving her an "easier" R16 draw at RG as she would avoid the top 4 at that stage). But I got a feeling that Svitolina may do very well here... "Never argue with an idiot - they take you down to their level and then beat you on experience" "Don't wrestle with a pig: you both get dirty, but the pig actually likes it" Both playing really well, and Kasatkina has no problems in finding the court, no matter what shot she executes. So a deserved 3-0 lead for Darya in Set#1... "Never argue with an idiot - they take you down to their level and then beat you on experience" "Don't wrestle with a pig: you both get dirty, but the pig actually likes it" And Kasatkina breaks again (on love!).. 4-0...#ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#div#ed_cl#This has been one of her best performances so far... #ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#/div#ed_cl##ed_op#div#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#/div#ed_cl##ed_op#div#ed_cl#Edit: and another love-game puts her on 5-0... Wham-bam.... every shot works : high balls, low balls, slices, lobs... DTL, crosscourt...#ed_op#/div#ed_cl##ed_op#div#ed_cl#Name it and she delivers...#ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#/div#ed_cl# Last edited by Graveller on May Thu 17, 2018 4:28 am, edited 1 time in total. "Never argue with an idiot - they take you down to their level and then beat you on experience" "Don't wrestle with a pig: you both get dirty, but the pig actually likes it" Halep into the QF because Madison Keys withdraws with rib injury.#ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl#And despite playing really well in this set, Elina was not able to keep the break:#ed_op#br#ed_cl#6-0 3-2 for Kasatkina...#ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#div#ed_cl#Svitolina faced BPs in every service game so far, and could avoid the break only once... #ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#/div#ed_cl##ed_op#div#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#/div#ed_cl##ed_op#div#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#/div#ed_cl# Last edited by Graveller on May Thu 17, 2018 4:52 am, edited 1 time in total. "Never argue with an idiot - they take you down to their level and then beat you on experience" "Don't wrestle with a pig: you both get dirty, but the pig actually likes it" From the on-court coaching I get the impression that Svitolina is getting a bit desperate. Yet imo Svitolina is playing really well. Kasatkina is just better atm... "Never argue with an idiot - they take you down to their level and then beat you on experience" "Don't wrestle with a pig: you both get dirty, but the pig actually likes it" OMG, Kasatkina.... when she was leading 3-2 in the second, I never saw it coming that she would only win 3 more games... Svitolina wins. Deserved, but if Kasatkina had played like she did in Set 1, she never would have lost this. A match where you can see the good and the bad parts of Kasatkina. Oh well, I always say that the era of the 1997 generation really starts in 2020 - all that we get before then, is a bonus. "Never argue with an idiot - they take you down to their level and then beat you on experience" "Don't wrestle with a pig: you both get dirty, but the pig actually likes it"
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